There are two types of people in this world; people who understand the power of homemade chex mix and people who buy that devil-trash ready-made stuff in a bag. I, all-knowing of these critical matters, fall into the former category of people who make their own chex mix. I’m not going to pretend that it’s […]

Confession: I hate napkin rings. No, really. It’s hard to hate something like a napkin ring, but I do, I really do. So imagine the surprise I felt when I was setting the table and a wave of inferiority rushed over me. I NEED POMPOMS. I NEED POMPOMS. I NEED POMPOM NAPKIN RINGS! …and thus, […]

I’v been toying with the idea for painted holiday plates for a while, but I’m not patchouli enough to hang out at the local pottery shop wearing Tevas and tube socks. Since Thanksgiving is upon us, I decided to do a little experiment with painting chargers. Neither chargers nor placemats have been of interest to […]

In the great words of the mustache guy at my local gas station,”A party ain’t no party until someone buys a bag of ice.” He also likes to tell me about his double adam’s apple and cooking eggs on the engine of his Dodge Durango. But I digress. Mustache guy has a point: there are […]

It’s official: Flamingos are The Unofficial Bird of 2014. They are pink. They are rad. They are everywhere. I’d like to think this is because of my 2013 flamingo Christmas tree (thanks again to all who participated in the exchange!) but I think the rightful origin of this trend is just good old fashioned common […]

Eating watermelon makes me feel like a rebel. Easily, it is the most badass fruit. See, I don’t know about you, but I grew up in a “no eating watermelon in the house” type of house. Too messy. Too sticky. First you give a kid a slice of watermelon, next you find slimy black seeds […]

Yay! Today I am guest posting a fun and easy tutorial on paper cup lanterns over at Elizabeth Banks. Actually, thing is, I’m a day late on this. My post went up yesterday. Today if you go to www.elizabethbanks.com you will see another post, a post I would much rather you read than my thing […]

I have a thing for folded napkins. Don’t ask me why or where it comes from, it just makes me feel good. My house could be in a state of filth unfit to grow penicillin with laundry piled to the ceiling and dishes in the sink…barely enough room on the table to eat a bowl […]

Cold evenings in late February. Cottage pie with friends. King cake for an appetizer. Chocolate cake for dessert. Paper valentines on the walls. Mardi Gras beads on the door. Paper hats on our heads. There is so much to celebrate… Cake Logic I have a five minute rule about cake decorating. It goes like this: […]

It’s the first day of February, which means that I get to spend this weekend in an endemic plague of non-stop football commentary waiting for the Superbowl to descend upon me like some screaming, unholy, Pepsi-sponsored death rattle. In other words: Can we get this over with? The fact is, not everyone likes football. I’m […]